http://mythousandloves.com Mo Mhile Gra Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:36:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A huge thanks to Teresa over at Scribble Scratch for this cool theme! I'm working on modifying a few things but I just love it! The colors are perfect and right up my alley! Hope you like it! http://mythousandloves.com/2008/08/17/new-theme/ This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Embrace Me (Thomas Nelson March 4, 2008) by Lisa Samson Lisa Samson is a Christy Award-winning author of 19 books, including the Women of the Faith Novel of the Year, Quaker Summer. Lisa has been hailed by Publishers Weekly as "a talented novelist who isn't afraid to take ... http://mythousandloves.com/2008/05/19/blog-tour-embrace-me-by-lisa-samson/ Well, we are about to venture into high school. I'm trying to map out our course schedule for the fall but this requires me to really map out some sort of schedule for the next four years. In order to gain the credits we'd like our daughter to have, I ... http://mythousandloves.com/2008/05/08/pe-credit-for-high-school/ I have to confess that I have a new fix. First, let me say that I really love teaching my children at home. I enjoy every aspect of teaching them and would not trade it for anything in the world. I know there is no better place for them than ... http://mythousandloves.com/2008/04/03/confessions-of-a-homeschool-mom/ In teaching our children at home, we use a mixture of the classical and Charlotte Mason models. This has proven  quite effective for us and learning is exciting.  Below you will find a reworded summary of the 20 Charlotte Mason Principles. (See a parallel with the original text here: http://www.amblesideonline.org/CM/20Principles.html) 1. ... http://mythousandloves.com/2008/04/01/summaryrewording-of-charlotte-masons-20-principles/ I receive the epistula from Veritas Press every month. In it this month, was a nice article about the importance of reading. What I didn't expect was the statistics included from a survey done by the National Endowment for the Arts. I'm including it below: The National Endowment for the ... http://mythousandloves.com/2008/04/01/sad-statistics/ Rhonda over at Whatever! Congratulations Rhonda! I've emailed you to let you know you are the winner and to get your address! http://mythousandloves.com/2008/01/30/and-the-winner-is/ The Mom Blogs tipped me off to this cool place called Wuzzles and Puzzles, that my kids are going to enjoy! Go check it out! http://mythousandloves.com/2008/01/29/wuzzles-and-puzzles/ Synopsis: Snake and Lizard find out there is more to friendship than deciding whether to eat raw eggs or bugs for lunch. And when "LIZARD AND SNAKE--HELPER AND HELPER" go into business, they learn even more about friendship. Caroline and I just finished reading this book tonight. We took turns reading to ... http://mythousandloves.com/2008/01/22/snake-and-lizard/ My oldest daughter and I will be participating in this challenge. She has read a couple of the books on the list so she will replace those with choices from our alternates list. This will be a great way to spark book discussion and I'm looking forward to the challenge. Flowers ... http://mythousandloves.com/2008/01/02/yac-2008/